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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1044 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  WALLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  SAN JACINTO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 1038 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7

  MILES SOUTH OF DAYTON TO SHEPHERD TO 9 MILES NORTH OF CUT AND SHOOT

  TO MAGNOLIA TO MONAVILLE.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

AREAS FROM KATY TO WALLER TO CONROE TO COLDSPRING TO LIBERTY TO 

HOUSTON. 



SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF RAINFALL RATES AROUND 2 INCHES PER 

HOUR. WITH THE SATURATED GROUND AND ELEVATED CREEKS AND BAYOUS THIS 

COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLOODED ROADWAYS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE 

STORMS. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. ONE MOTORIST FATALITY HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS 

FLOODING. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

QUICKLY.





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND

ADJACENT TO SMALL CREEKS AND BAYOUS. ADDITIONALLY...FRONTAGE ROADS...

HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES...FARM-TO-MARKET AND OTHER SECONDARY ROADS MAY

FLOOD. AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND







A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE WARNED AREA.



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR THE WARNED AREA.



PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...

OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3056 9509 3044 9473 3013 9462 3011 9446

      2990 9446 2990 9497 2970 9492 2972 9501

      2961 9507 2962 9529 2962 9543 2962 9544

      2981 9583 2975 9597 3013 9619 3022 9613

      3022 9578 3050 9577 3052 9537 3085 9531



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